Ice-card holder.



APPLICATION I'ILED AUG.I0,I917.

Fl'y- I.

T. E. LOCKARD.

ICE CARD HOLDER.

Patented J nne 18, 1918.

THEODORE E. LOCKARD, 0F MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA.

ICE-CARD HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, T918 Application filed August 10, 1917. Serial No. 185,480.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE E. LooK- ARD, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Marshalltown, Marshall county, Iowa, have invented a new and useful Ice-Card Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved ice-card holder.

A further object of this invention is to provide improved means for containing, protecting and displaying or concealing an ice-card.

A further object of this invention is to provide a device which is inconspicuous and not unsightly, for containing and protecting and for selectively displaying or concealing a card commonly employed to designate the need of a supply of ice.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claim and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation and Fig. 2 a central vertical section of my improved device, in open or displaying position.

In the construction of the device as shown the numeral 10 designates generally a frame, casing, receptacle or housing, which preferably is formed of wood, rectangular.

in shape, and relatively shallow. The frame or housing 10 may be of any desired design or ornamental configuration and is adapted to be mounted on the outside wall of a structure such as a dwelling house, and may be finished or painted to correspond to such structure. The frame or housing 10 is formed with a relatively large opening 11 in its central portion, and said opening is formed with a rearwardly directed rabbet opening to the rear wall of said housing,-

and also with a forwardly opening rabbet 12 directed to the forward wall of said housing, whereby a peripheral, inwardly di rected. flange 13 is formed around said open ing and intermediate of the front and rear walls of the housing. A transparent plate 14, such as a sheet of plain white glass, is mounted in the opening 11 of the housing, on the rear side of and contacting at its margins with the flange 13. A device to be displayed, such as an ice-card 15, is mounted in the opening 11 of the housing behind the glass plate 14. An opaque backing plate or removable rear wall 16 is mounted in the opening 11 of the housing behind the card 15 and, for the sake of thinness, such plate may be formed of a sheet of thin metal. Any desired means may be employed for holding the glass 14, card 15 and back plate 16 in the housing. In this instance I have shown a metal strip 17 fixed to and transversely of the rear wall of the housing or frame 10 and projecting above the lower margin of the rabbeted opening 11, and adapted to engage and retain the lower margin of the plate 16. A lug 18 is pivoted by a screw 19 to the rear wall of the housing 10 adjacent the upper margin of the opening 11 and is adapted to engage the upper margin of the back plate normally to hold the devices in position. The lug 18 may be turned out of engagement with the back plate at times to permit removal of said back plate by upward and rearward movement to clear the bar or strip 17 when it is desired to have access to the card 14, as for the purpose of changing said card. A door 20 is fitted to the front rabbet 12of the opening 11 and is adapted to rest in said opening at times and conceal and cover the transparent plate and card 141-. The door when closed is parallel with and spaced from the transparent plate by the rib of the housing between the rabbets, thus preventing contact which might soil or break the transparent plate. The door 20 preferably is pivoted to the front wall of the housing 10 by hinges 21 on its lower margin, and is adapted to depend as shown when opened for the purpose of displaying the card 14. A knob handle 22 is fixed to and carried by the free margin of the door 20 for convenience in opening said door. A latching button 23 is pivoted as by a screw 241 to the front wall of the housing 10 adj acent the upper margin of the opening 11, and is adapted to engage the free margin of the door 20 and hold it in closed position. The door 20 preferably is formed of a sheet of metal. with rolled or folded margins.

The device thus formed provides a very convenient means for containing, protecting and preserving the card, and also for displaying said card when the door is opened, as well as concealing and preventing display of the card when the door is closed. It insures against loss, destruction or mutilation of the card and is inconspicuous and not unsightly. The housing may be made weather-tight when to be mounted in an exposed position.

I claim as my invention- An ice-card holder, comprising a shallow housing formed with a relatively large opening said housing being formed with front and rear rabbets, a transparent plate filling said opening and mounted in the rear rabbet, a back plate removably mounted in said rear rabhet and covering said transparent plate, and a door hinged to the front of said housing and adapted to rest in the front rabbet at times and cover and conceal and be spaced from said transparent plate. THEODORE E. LOCKARD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Batencs,

- Washington, D. G. 

